In one of the most deadly attacks in Borno, Nigeria, at least 57 people were killed and more than 70 people were reported missing, as the Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Lidavati Val-Jihad (Jas) faction of Boko Haram attacked two villages on Thursday.Eyewitnesses said the terrorists gave storms to the neighboring villages of Mallam Karmati and Quatandashi, gathered more than 100 residents and forced them into the surrounding bush, the news agency AP.According to local people, 57 bodies were recovered by Saturday, several with their neck, while others were shot.Eyewitnesses also said that the army was delayed due to unavailability to assist the bodies in the burial of the victims.A spokesman for the Borno State Government said that they could not confirm the accurate casualties, while the Nigerian Army has not yet responded to the remarks requests.The villagers were accused of being informers for rival Islamic State West Africa province (ISWAP). While ISWAP is known to attack military goals, the faction that focuses rapidly on citizens and suspected colleagues, relying on robbery and kidnapping for ransom.Malik Samuel, a non -profit good governance expert from Africa, said, “Without the ability to attack the army like Iswap, it focuses on terrorizing citizens as it is to terrorize citizens.”Years of struggle and increasing extremism in BornoMass killing took place during the increase of violence in the Borno state. On Monday, Iswap militants launched a deadly attack on the Nigerian Army’s 50 Task Force Battalion in Marte, killing several soldiers and seized weapons and ammunition.Subsequently, a major human hub, displaced in Marte fled to Dickwa. However, aid organizations are now withdrawing from the region due to international funding cuts.In a separate incident on Saturday afternoon, a roadside bomb exploded along the Maiduguri-Damboa Road, a second attack in a week that killed 4 people and injured 10 others.Three people died at the scene, and one fourth faced injuries at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) on Sunday morning. More than 10 other people were still being treated for hospital injuries, a local resident, lawn Booker Migana, who has assisted the community in an emergency, said.Since 2009, Boko Haram Rebellion caused over 35,000 deaths and displaced 2.6 million people in Nigeria, Cameron, Niger and Chad, affected the most with Borno.The rebels aim to establish all Islamic states in these four countries with Nigeria – West Africa’s most populous nation and oil power plant – as their primary goal.The Nigerian government has claimed progress against extremism, but terrorists continue to attack citizens and army and expand in other areas, including central Nigeria, where the capital Abuja is located, according to experts and public records, anti -terrorism.While the Nigerian government claims that it has progressed in combating the rebellion, terrorist attacks are going on against both citizens and security forces.
